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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Hugh Hewitt Interviews Sarah Palin

We rarely editorialize here, but I had to note that Sarah Palin's performance in this interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, an interview chock full-o-surreal softballs, perhaps inspires even less confidence than her performance during the Couric interview. Over at Townhall:

HH: Governor, your candidacy has ignited extreme hostility, even
some hatred on the left and in some parts of the media. Are you
surprised? And what do you attribute this reaction to?

SP: Oh, I think they’re just not used to someone coming in from the
outside saying you know what? It’s time that normal Joe six-pack
American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency, and
I think that that’s kind of taken some people off guard, and they’re
out of sorts, and they’re ticked off about it, but it’s motivation for
John McCain and I to work that much harder to make sure that our ticket
is victorious, and we put government back on the side of the people of
Joe six-pack like me, and we start doing those things that are expected
of our government, and we get rid of corruption, and we commit to the
reform that is not only desired, but is deserved by Americans.

HH: Now Governor, the Gibson and the Couric interview struck many as
sort of pop quizzes designed to embarrass you as opposed to interviews.
Do you share that opinion?

SP: Well, I have a degree in journalism also, so it surprises me
that so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic
ethics all those years ago. But I’m not going to pick a fight with
those who buy ink by the barrelful. I’m going to take those shots and
those pop quizzes and just say that’s okay, those are good testing
grounds. And they can continue on in that mode. That’s good. That makes
somebody work even harder. It makes somebody be even clearer and more
articulate in their positions. So really I don’t fight it. I invite it.

HH: Have you followed the attacks on you, say, via Drudge or the
blogs? Some of them are just made up and out of left field, others are
just mocking. Do you follow those?

SP: No, I sure don’t, and thank God I don’t have time to follow
those. You know, I think that those shots, too, though, no matter what
we’re taking and receiving, it’s nothing compared to what real shots
are against Americans in this world.